Liberian Cotton - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 65501 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | 34.1904 | |
Artefact Name | Liberian Cotton | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Liberia | TDWG Region | Liberia | ||
Parts Held | Liberian Cotton | Geography Description | Liberia | ||
Uses | Liberian CottonUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
Donor | Johnston Sir HH | Donor No | |||
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Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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Notes: | Label source: Cotton pronounced by an expert to be a sound staple but very rough and coarse. It is clean, but highly coloured and is worth about 6 1/2? per lb. (Extract from letter Mr Walter Speakman, Asst Sec, Manchester Chamber of Commerce, May 13,190, 4, to Mr Hillier). |